At the French Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel set the 13th time in Les Libres 2, just over 5 tenths from the top 6 in his Aston Martin AMR22.
The German thinks there are still a few tenths to look for, which will be necessary to aim for the points this weekend according to him.
« At least I went a little faster than yesterday in the 100-year-old car! » hey jokes.
“With Lance we ran with two different specs on the cars today. It was good to compare, but now we have to choose what works best for Free 3 and qualifying tomorrow. The key for us will be to try to reach Q2 in order to have a good starting point for the race. »
« The middle of the pack is really tight so hopefully we can be a bit more up front by finding a few tenths. Our race pace still seems to be slightly better so hopefully we’ll take advantage of that on Sunday. . Whatever happens, it’s going to be hot. »
For Lance Stroll, 15th time at 2 tenths behind his teammate, «It was a good day today. »
« The car felt good – especially on the long runs we did – but it was really hot for everyone this afternoon.
« We’ll look at the data tonight and what we can work on for tomorrow. It’s a tight field, so it’s hard to predict where exactly we’ll be in qualifying. »
